42 m. ago The devastating legacy of Native boarding schools: ‘no way people can apologize it away’

Mary Annette Pember’s expansive and shocking book Medicine River looks at the many ways that the US has tried to dehumanise and eradicate Native familiesMary Annette Pember will publish her first book, Medicine River, on Tuesday. She signed to write it in 2022 but feels she really started work more than 50 years ago, “before I could even write, when I was under the table as a kid, making these symbols that were sort of my own”.A citizen of the Red Cliff Band of Wisconsin Ojibwe, Pember is a national correspondent for ICT News, formerly Indian Country Today. In Medicine River, she tells two stories: of the Indian boarding schools, which operated in the US between the 1860s and the 1960s, and of her mother, her time in such a school and the toll it took. Continue reading...

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55 m. ago Ruben Amorim's true feelings on Antoine Semenyo as Man Utd discover transfer issue

Antoine Semenyo has been one of the most impressive players in the league this season after netting 10 goals in all competitions and now Manchester United are said to be "front runners" to sign him this summer

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56 m. ago Viktor Gyokeres makes statement on summer transfer as Arsenal eye special agreement

Viktor Gyokeres is linked with a Sporting Lisbon exit but continues to do the business in the final third - scoring another hat-trick - as the likes of Arsenal watch on

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58 m. ago New appetite control sachets with 20% off could help reduce bloating and snack cravings

Feel Pro Metabolic sachets are designed to help curb your appetite by naturally supporting hunger to make you feel full for longer, and the brand is currently offering a 20% discount

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59 m. ago Nico Williams makes huge Man United Europa League admission amid summer transfer links

Athletic Bilbao winger Nico Williams will be visiting Old Trafford next month when Manchester United take on the Basque club in the Europa League semi-finals

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66 m. ago London council refuses to house homeless young mother after leaving her sofa surfing while pregnant

Hounslow council was told to offer the woman and her baby its next available suitable home after its failures meant she missed out on a number of secure tenancies, but it has refused

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89 m. ago Athletic Bilbao suspension latest as Man Utd clash takes twist with Europa League rule explained

Manchester United have their eyes on Athletic Bilbao ahead of the Europa League semi-final at the beginning of next month

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93 m. ago Craig Revel Horwood reveals he’s ‘still friends’ with Giovanni Pernice after Strictly Come Dancing scandal

Judge said show’s professional dancers ‘are not psychologists’ and contestants need to feel ‘challenged’

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94 m. ago Ukraine war live: Trump denies being ‘played’ by Putin as Russia launches overnight attack

Ukraine says five regions damaged overnight after wave of drone and missile attacks by RussiaAnalysis: Trump team reveals lack of expertise – and patience – as it threatens to abandon peace talksDonald Trump has said the US will “take a pass” on a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine if “parties make it difficult”. The US president made the comments to reporters during the swearing-in ceremony for Mehmet Oz as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.Trump added that he believed there was a “good chance” of “solving the problem”. The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, had earlier said the US will abandon its efforts “within days” to broker a peace agreement unless there are clear signs a settlement can be reached. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago In the Rhododendrons by Heather Christle review – back to the mother land

A poet’s memoir of family, trauma, and Virginia Woolf pulses with feeling and intelligenceLike most kids, Heather Christle was drilled about “stranger danger”. Like some, she had a family codeword designed to show that an adult picking them up from school when her mother was busy could be trusted. But, in her American home town in the 1980s, no other kid’s word was a bygone British sweet. And so “Dolly Mixture” joins the growing list of things learned from her English mother that Christle, looking back, finds out of place. Things such as dining etiquette, cardigans, M&S outfits, margarine. But also bigger stuff: beliefs and behaviours. Assumptions. Silence. Shame.With her mother in her 70s and their relationship strained, Christle, a poet and academic, embarks on a quest for new understanding – of her mother, of “Englishness”, and of herself. In a memoir that pulses with feeling and intelligence, she excavates the past to expose difficult truths. As she proved with her acclaimed...

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2 h. ago Viktor Gyokeres makes transfer admission after Sporting CP hat

The latest Manchester United transfer news as the striker has spoken out on his future following his fifth hat-trick of the season.

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2 h. ago Lewis Hamilton's brother Nicolas' brave battle with gambling after being left with 'no finances'

Nicolas Hamilton, the brother of seven-time Formula 1 champion Lewis, has opened up on how gambling left him with next to nothing - and feeling as though he had nowhere to turn

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2 h. ago Lewis Hamilton's brother Nicolas' brave battle with gambling after left with 'no finances'

Nicolas Hamilton, the brother of seven-time Formula 1 champion Lewis, has opened up on how gambling left him with next to nothing - and feeling as though he had nowhere to turn

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2 h. ago Dundee United to battle Celtic over SPFL ticket complaint as mega precedent at centre of simmering gripe

The complaint to the SPFL will look to see if Rule I31 has been breached as the champions seek answers

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2 h. ago Pep Guardiola already has Man City star who can save him millions in transfer window

Pep Guardiola will be looking to refresh his Manchester City team after an underwhelming season but the Premier League champions have one position fully covered

Politics

2 h. ago Toby Carvery sparks heated debate over ‘controversial’ Sunday roast side

There are few things in life Brits feel more protective about than their roast dinners so when there's the slight suggestion of branching out with something new, expect backlash

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3 h. ago Boy, 14, crushed to death in horror farming tragedy as mum says he was 'working too hard'

Harry Moss, 14, was crushed to death by farming machinery at Hillview Arena near Blackmore Park Road, in Malvern, Worcestershire - Now, his mum has shared her feelings

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3 h. ago The Homemade God by Rachel Joyce review – portrait of a patriarch

The mysterious death of an artist causes havoc among siblings in a novel that astutely observes family dynamicsWhat would writers do without problematic patriarchs? From King Lear to Logan Roy, they are the linchpins of countless family dramas: adored fathers who dominate and damage their children in equal measure.The new novel from Rachel Joyce, bestselling author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Miss Benson’s Beetle and others, revolves around one such man: Vic Kemp, a successful artist with four grown-up children. Vic is a widower who raised his offspring alone, and the story begins with him summoning them to a noodle bar to announce that he’s in love with a twentysomething called Bella-Mae he met online. He’s also the proud owner of a goatee, a surefire sign of an identity crisis. The offspring are aghast. “If he’s so lonely, he could get a cat,” says one. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Mohamed Salah picked three players he'd love to play alongside but hasn't had chance yet

Mohamed Salah has had an illustrious career with Liverpool, but the Egyptian has previously named three players he would love to share the pitch with - including a fierce former Manchester United rival

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3 h. ago US supreme court orders temporary halt to deportations of Venezuelan men

The order is the latest example of how the courts are challenging the Trump administration’s overhaul of the immigration systemThe US supreme court has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily halt the deportation of Venezuelan men in immigration custody, after their lawyers said they were at imminent risk of removal without the judicial review previously mandated by the justices.“The government is directed not to remove any member of the putative class of detainees from the United States until further order of this court,” the justices said early on Saturday. Continue reading...

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